Talk about the fate of Broadway in Portland was back on the agenda at Thursday afternoon’s Portland City Council meeting. Almost two months after asking for a compromise on two competing plans to renovate or replace Keller Auditorium,

The Portland City Council on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution to move forward with planning for a renovated Keller Auditorium, as well as a brand new venue at Portland State University that could also stage Broadway shows.

The city has officially decided to proceed with both the renovation of the over 100-year-old Keller Auditorium and the construction of a new performing arts center on the Portland State University campus.

Portland City Council approves plans to modernize Keller Auditorium and build a new venue at Portland State University to enhance the city's arts scene.

Portland City Council has moved forward in the planning process for renovating Keller Auditorium, unanimously approving an Oct. 10 proposal to maintain the Keller while also building a new performing arts venue at Portland State University. Previously, those two proposals were in competition with each other.